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Krutt og ukrutt – Kjerringøy Land Art 2016

Krutt & ukrutt is a public herbarium made from and consisting of collection of 10 pressed, edible wild herbs from a 10 meter radius around the public hut Skjeltersjågen on the Zahl trail on Kjerringøy. The plants were collected and pressed on site and I made the paper of cotton grass that these were mounted on. The text is written with home made ink made from soot in the chimney of Kjerringøy vicarage and ink from the mushroom ink-cap. The herbarium contains a brief description of the plants and some recipes and stories about the use of these plants in Kjerringøy. The work took place inside and in the vicinity of Skjeltersjåen in Kjerringøy the 27th June to 1st July 2016. The public was involved in the process and I gave a talk about the selected local pants during the week. The opening was celebrated with home made nettle soup and birch leaf tea. This project was part of Kjerringøy Land Art Biennale in collaboration with the artists Ane Øverås and Tora Haabet with the generous help of volunteer Anne Dupont.